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How would they perform walking over unpaved gravel? It's difficult to imagine it going smoothly.

Day by day, the future of humanity is converging more and more to Wall-E:

https://www.thelist.com/img/gallery/things-only-adults-notic...

It's so easy to map to to Wall-E but from my perspective this is in a very different direction. You still have to move to get this to work. This will essentially allow you to walk when you considered Ubering or driving. You'll be less fatigued and less sweaty when you reach your destination.

You don't think there will be a skate mode enabling the user to stand still and be transported?

The Wall-E people will probably desire it.

There are already electric skateboards, scooters, one-wheels, bikes, etc. I see nothing wrong with electric skates (although range would probably be terrible without a separate battery pack)

Over gravel you probably want larger tires. One Wheel or Evolve all terrain would do it.

   https://onewheel.com
   https://evolveskateboardsusa.com/products/gtr-bamboo-all-terrain

Maybe they will sense the terrain and just turn off the motor.

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